Floppy Disk Recognized Formats; File Types And Extensions; Access To Disk - Generalmusic WK1000 Owner's Manual

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The ﬂ oppy disks provides you the possibility to create an extensive library of Sounds, Samples, Perform-

ances, Styles, Songs e Song Styles, that can be loaded to wk1000 RAM at any time. This chapter is an

introduction to the concepts of File, Floppy Disks and RAM memory. You will learn about the main access

functions to a Disk and how to load and save Songs, Styles, Performances, Samples, MIDI Files and all the

other formats that are compatible with wk1000.

wk1000 accepts 3,5" HD and DD ﬂ oppy disks. These are the most commonly used types and can be pur-

chased at any computer shops.

wk1000 can read ﬁ les in GMX, WK, PK, MIDI FILE, MS-DOS, Generalmusic CD series formats.

wk1000 cannot read Songs, Styles and Samples in formats of non- Generalmusic instruments. The exclu-

sive format of musical instruments adopted by a manufacturer is proprietary and not compatible with the

format of instruments of other makes. To exchange Songs with other instruments it is necessary to save the

Song as a MidiFile to a MS-DOS formatted disk.

The Files Data are stored on disks in the form of ﬁ les. Files identify Songs, Song Styles, Performances, Styles

or Samples.

The types of ﬁ le used when working with a disk are identiﬁ ed by a name (which appears in the 8- digit dis-

play area) and an extension (shown in the 3-digit display area) which speciﬁ es the type of ﬁ le. In ﬁ le types

that include SONGS in PK, WK, STYLES and ALL formats, the extension is not displayed. The extensions of

all other recognized ﬁ le types are listed in the paragraph explaining the LOAD functions.

Any operation involving ﬁ les can be effected using the functions given in the DISK mode

pages, through the FLOPPY DISK function button.

The main functions are divided into 4 groups:

Load data to RAM from a Floppy Disk

LOAD

Saves RAM data to a Floppy Disk

SAVE

DELETE

Cancels single Files from a Floppy Disk

FORMAT Formatting procedure and cancellation of the contents of a Floppy

Disk.

The display shows when Floppy Disk mode is active: if a Floppy Disk containing Midi-

Files or Songs is inserted and the FLOPPY DISK key is pressed, DIRECT page e shown.

Use the PAGE buttons, and the CURSOR to move around a page.

Press ESCAPE to exit DISK mode.

NOTE. Once the DISK has been pressed to execute a LOAD or SAVE command, as soon as the Disk

Drive completes the operation the display is automatically restored to DIRECT mode, that is the ﬁ rst

page of the Disk page. Press ESCAPE to exit.

NOTE A led turns ON while the Disk Drive operation is in progress. Do not extract the Floppy Disk

during this time otherwise the data could be damaged or lost

the disk

DISK